PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- The Mets announced that 7,678 people attended Sunday’s game at Tradition Field, the largest crowd in the history of the 26-year-old stadium. Among the crowd was Gov. Chris Christie -- along with his sons Andrew and Patrick -- who sat in Fred Wilpon’s box behind home plate, ate popcorn and chatted with the Mets owner during an 8-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves.

After the game, the Christie contingent and Wilpon visited the Mets clubhouse, where they spoke with David Wright, the third baseman who went 0-3 Sunday in his second spring training start, and manager Terry Collins.

Christie is an outspoken Mets fan, even through the club’s rough patch in recent years. Last year Christie proclaimed that the “Mets stink.”

Andrew Christie is a sophomore catcher with the Princeton baseball team, which faced Michigan Sunday on an auxiliary field at the Mets’ complex. Gov. Christie chose to wear a black Princeton polo shirt and sweatshirt instead of Mets gear.